What other substance makes people so greedy and barbarous that they often kill for it? Only meth can inspire so much, but meth use has gone way down. Marijuana, or cannabis, inspires a cult-like following, with some advocates worshiping the plant as a god. Several recent incidents back up the scholarly research on marijuana’s deleterious effects on the teen brain, promoting violent behavior and even murder.

Cesar Ortiz-Velasco, 16, was killed in a Safeway parking lot in Vancouver, Washington. From a GoFundMe page.

If the Dec. 7th murder was for meth, not the pot, the following incidents demonstrate when marijuana alone motivates murder. When it’s legal for adults, but not for teens, the violence is especially frequent.

Other States Have Teen Marijuana Killings

Any legal market for marijuana energizes teen use and energizes those who want to make money in the black markets. Recently, in Pennsylvania, two 20-year-olds allegedly murdered four young men, ages 18-22, who planned to buy marijuana from them. They used marijuana to lure the men to the family’s farm.

Marijuana kills more often when it becomes legal. While people blame “the war on drugs,” its appears that these 19 murderers and 16 victims have emerged from the war for marijuana. If all are guilty, the incidents in Washington prove that the “war for drugs” kills.

Making home possession available to adults, as in Washington DC, increases the marijuana use in high schools and in middle schools. States which legalize marijuana bring out the worst in people.

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